3 weeks of weight watchers a LOAD of running ...result ...NO WEIGHT LOSS?!!!

mrsmknitta wrote: »

I recently switched from doing mfp to ww. I felt I just needed a change due to boredom. I did not lose anything after three weeks. I decided to count the calories along with the points and I realized that I was eating way more on ww. Especially if I ate all my weekly points and activity points. In the end, I canceled ww and came back to mfp.

Interesting! I always wondered about those WW points.

The boards are open to the public but people who are actually in WW as in they attend meetings or read the online materials provided should know they can't eat 5+ pieces of fruit a day and lose unless they're very overweight. There are guidelines.

I think most people didn't lose fast enough on the new program because WW started it with the base points level too high. They soon lowered it, for smaller people. Still, people average over 1800 calories a day on WW now. That's not going to work for a lot of us, not without leaving some of those extra points on the table every week.

No one has mentioned it, but are you pregnant? Being bloated and feeling tight around the abdomen was one of my first signs. Maybe peeing on a stick is a good idea.

It sounds most likely that this is exercise induced inflammation. It is totally normal and will continue to happen. Your body holds onto extra water after exercise when it repairs muscle. The amount of time this lasts will vary from person to person. For me, it lasts about 24 hours after each run. I may be as much as 5 lbs heavier the day after I run and then it is gone just as fast. If you are running every day (since you were not running at all before), you might consider running every other day. This will give your muscles a proper chance to heal.

Muscle recovery is really the name of the game. The only way to get better at running is through recovery. The run is just the stimulus for recovery.

I always get bloated after running. Sometimes I will gain as much as 3 inches in the waist area and my legs really swell. And this is when I am running consistently 5 miles every other day. That could be masking your loss if you are truly eating at a deficit. Especially if you went from not running to 18-20 miles a week.

Iwishyouwell wrote: »

Lots of people stalled out on WW with their dumbass "free" foods.

Take a look at WW boards after they made that last change. Dozens of people wondering why they're stalling, despite admitting 5, 6, 7 or more pieces of "free" fruit.

I see nothing has changed since I did WW a few years ago. There were "bananas are evil" threads on a regular basis back then too.

My rule of thumb is that I eat all my fruits and carbs before 2pm. Only cleansing veggies and proteins after that. Weight Watchers did not work for me because I would barely eat anything all day and then use all my points in the evening.

I have now totally changed the way I eat, taking in most of my calories in the morning and early afternoon. I started this a week and a half ago and I am down 12.7 pounds.

bogwoppt1 wrote: »

How on earth did you go from not running to running 18 miles a week?? I want to know your magic trick.

That's what I want to know. I'm not running now, and if I went out and tried I wouldn't even be able to make it a quarter mile without stopping.

Ever hear of leaky gut syndrome? Read "Clean gut" by Alejandro Junger, MD. We are supposed to have all these "good guys" linking arms along our intestine walls. Sometimes "bad guys" come in and link arms. They all get coated with this armor. When the security detail comes along to review the troops they all look alike. When you eat food, the bad guys let food through your intestine walls. It causes bloating and all sorts of problems. Your brain sends reinforcements (antibodies) down to take care of the problem. It's a constant battle. Your body feels tired and run down. All the antibodies are in this battle instead of fighting off illness each night, so you are susceptible to illness and are never getting the recovery you need each night. The use of Antibiotics is terrible too, as it kills all the soldiers in the gut.

The book gives you a 2 week clean gut diet to restart and then to build your gut back up.

sjcook23 wrote: »

Ever hear of leaky gut syndrome? Read "Clean gut" by Alejandro Junger, MD. We are supposed to have all these "good guys" linking arms along our intestine walls. Sometimes "bad guys" come in and link arms. They all get coated with this armor. When the security detail comes along to review the troops they all look alike. When you eat food, the bad guys let food through your intestine walls. It causes bloating and all sorts of problems. Your brain sends reinforcements (antibodies) down to take care of the problem. It's a constant battle. Your body feels tired and run down. All the antibodies are in this battle instead of fighting off illness each night, so you are susceptible to illness and are never getting the recovery you need each night. The use of Antibiotics is terrible too, as it kills all the soldiers in the gut.

The book gives you a 2 week clean gut diet to restart and then to build your gut back up.

No, "leaky gut syndrome" is generally considered snake oil malarkey - it's a vague and unproven "theory", at best.

Zero evidence that it exists.